Improvement in apparatus for carrying drain-pipes



, Patented Mar. 14,1871.

s BROWN.

Truck sponding parts.

.170 all whom, it fmayfconcern Beiithnown that I,DA IEL W. BRowN, of

Woodbridge, in. the county of Middlesex and .Statepofy New Jersey,haveinvented a new and useful Apparatus for;,Oarrying and Handling Drain andfothenPipes or Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip ,lliOll, reference being had, to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

I Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of the apparatus in one of the positions it is madeto assume and with a pipe as being oarriedflby it; Fig. 2, an end view of the same, .;and Fig. '3 a side view different position. i 8

of a said apparatus in a Similarletters of reference indicate corre My inventionhas referenceto the lifting or a carrying and handling of various articles composed of soft or plastic material, including drain and other pipesmade of clay toprotect them fired, and to lessen theylabor of handling and carrying them. Asthe invention is more es'- ;pecially:designed,for thecarrying and hand ling of such pipes, cordingly.

it will here be described ac- .The, invention consists in an apparatus of a truck-like construction, which provides for the lifting, "turning or inverting, and removal of the pipe or article, free from any direct contact of the hand or of tools to the surface thereof.

"Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

represents thebody of the vehicle or'apparatus, having handles aja, and provided with a running wheel, B, in front, to allow of the apparatus being manipulated as a hand-truck or wheelbarrow, and the legs I; b of which, in the wrear, may also befitted with rollers c c. bodyA is also furnished with rollersdin front, H the object of which plained.

The

will be hereinafter ex- ]?ivoted on body A, as at e, is a rotating platform,(l,which maybe held by a set-screw,

i f, inthe positiionto whichit has been turned. Mounted in posts 9 g, on opposite sidesof this platform, arerollersDD, which serve to carry an apron,E, of. canvas or other suitable flexible-material, thatisthus extended in abellied form over the platform 0, and may havemore orless belly given it, according to the size of i i M g i l from being marred or bruised in the course of bjeinghandledand transported prior to being .D WN, woonianinen, NEW JnnsnY. eRovEMe T;iN PARA us FOR CARRYING DRAIN-PIPES."

; s e l-mam forming partof Letters Patent'No. r 19,538, dated Man-.11 14,1871,

I the pipe it is designed to hold, bysuitably turn of the posts g, and between which-and the posts a space is left for the free insertion of a board, I, that may be thebase-board of the mold in which the pipe to be handled is made.

J is a pipe in the act of being handled and carried, Supposing said pipe to stand endwise on the'board I, as left by the mold when said. board is detached from the apparatus, it will be necessary, in order to pick up the pipe, to upset or turn the apparatus over on its end, as represented in Fig. 3, and to run it byits plates or uprights, H Hfpass under said board, which latter will thus be received between said plates and the approximate posts 9 g, the pipe J occupying an intermediate position. The apparatus may then be returned to its normal pipe J resting on or within the bellied apron E,which, by its soft andyielding nature, protects the pipe from being marred-or bruised, and holds it from rolling off the apparatus during transportation by the latter.

. WVhen tipping or tilting the vehicle from the exhibited for it in Fig; 3, there would be dan- *ger of its flying from under, 'as it may be termed, by back-run of the wheel B. [This would be objectionable, not only on account of retarding or interfering with the inversion and manipulation of the vehicle, as described, but

from the apron when setting it up on end again by tilting the vehicle or'apparatus for the purpose. To provide against this I lock the run ning wheel B, as by a ratchet, 1', on its shaft, against backward travel, yetprovide for backrun under control of the operator, whenrequired in the general working of the appara wheel 13 from back-run by its bite on the latch et i,under control of a spring, m, is made capable of being thrown out of gear with said ratch et at pleasureby means of a rod or handle, a, within convenient reach of the operator, by his hand or finger while trundling or holding the apparatus byits handles a a.

The turning or rotating of the platform 0 them, as bysetscrews' h h. The opposite endsplates or thin uprightslH H,arranged outside front rollers, d, and wheel-B, so that the front position, (shown in Figs. 1 and 2,) with the position shown for it in Figs. 1 and 2 .to that as endangering. the throwing of the pipe off tus. To this end the pawl k, which holds the with the pipe J on it allows of the turning of the pipe end for end by slipping the board I into or between the rear set'of posts, 9 g, and strips H H, when the apparatus occupies the position represented for it in Figs. 1 and 2, and then rotating the platform till said board comes in front, and afterward tilting the vehicle to the position shown for it in Fig. 3. This re versed exposure of the ends of the pipe facilitates the trimming of the pipe at its ends and gaging of it; also allows of either end being carried foremost, and of being made the base 011 which the pipe rests when the vehicle has been tipped or tilted, and, by running the latter backward, the pipe left on the board I detached from the apparatus. I11 this way it will be seen that the pipe J is picked up and delivered by the board I, and that it is carried or borne by the apron E not only during transportation, but while being picked up by and delivered from off the apparatus-in fact, during allhandling or carrying of it.

hat is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the rotating platform 0 and apron E with the bodyAof the vehicle or apparatus, substantially as specified.

'2. The combination of the adjustable rollers D D with the apron E and rotating platform 0.

3. The combination of the lifting-uprights H with the rotating platform 0, the apron E, and the body A of the vehicle or apparatus, for operation in connection with the remox able board I, essentially as described.

4. The combination,with the wheel B, of the ratchet z, the spring-borne pawl 7c, and the rod or handlen, essentially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

5. A hand vehicle or apparatus for handling and carrying pipes and other articles made of soft or plastic material, constructed and organized substantially as herein described.

DANIEL \V. BRO\VN.

\Vitnesses:

S. E. ENsIGN, J. F. CLARKSON. 

